Dead Air.

Hi there.

You might be wondering why this channel has been dead for a couple of days now. We, here at "word management" felt that you deserve an explanation. A way of showing our gratitude for your continued attendance during this downtime!

The truth is, a couple of different factors are at play. And they've all come together to prevent any sort of regular reflection time here at word.

First, I'm currently severely limiting my internet activity at work. My time on the Internet is now being monitored and logged by some anonymous tech agent in our new home office and I don't want to send up any red flags. When I was un-monitored, I had time aplenty to post in this blog, answer emails and fart around on the message boards. Now, things are more strict. The end result is that you'll be seeing less and less daytime, work-week activity on word.

Second, with two holiday shows on the calendar and my other previous responsibilities, my weeknights are pretty solidly booked, right now. Time that I could come home and drop in a quick entry or two is now spent in rehearsals or passed out, when I get home. I also had a houseguest over the weekend and entertaining him took up some time, too.

Third, I actually have a few blog entries working as drafts. Very soon, you'll see...

A.) A BRAND NEW chapter of "The Broken Jade Gambit", my noir detective story (We are excited to expand Calvin Mann's world a bit, in the next episode. You'll meet other important characters in his story.)

B.) A Visit with Old Saint Nick. (This weekend past, I did a charity gig as Santa Claus and I'm recreating it here in the blog, with pictures from the event. Consider it an early Christmas present from the Management of word, to you, the loyal readers!) This entry is halfway written and is chockful of adorable pictures. As soon as they all get uploaded, the entry will be posted.

C.) More Anecdotal Goodness. (Some of the stories that our editor is currently drafting include... "The World's Worst Detective Agency" and "A Kid I Knew Once Ate Some Dog Poo In Elementary School" and "The Last Time I was In a FistFight With Somebody (We both cried!)"

Additionally, word is going to very soon offer up a few new features...
1.) A Cast of Characters page, detailing when I knew someone who appears in a word entry and also how I met them and if possible, how things ended with them. I'll also artfully select an avatar of some sort, to represent them. Future word entries will link back to the Cast of Characters page, to allow for expanded information on a subject or character.

2.) I've also recently located the last of the C.I.N. blog entries. You'll see the last two or three of them, get posted, closing that chapter of word.

3.) A chance encounter with an old friend, returned some emailed journal entries that I wrote, back in 2000, to update friends and family on my first impressions of Chicago. I've re-read them recently and I can say, without any question, I've always been this full of shit. And I littered those entries with run-on sentences, too. Look for "Mr.B in Chicago" entries to begin popping up some time very, very soon.

4.) Cleaning out a closet at home, I found the journals that I kept in high school, to. Inspired by the Robert Fulguhm books, I began keeping steno notepads full of jokes, anecdotes, love poems, and anything else that occurred to me, to print. I think I filled up 6 or 7 of those guys and I've found them again. Look for "Selected Readings from Mr.B's High School Journals" to begin appearing on word, in the new year.

So, while you endure some Dead Air during the days, I think you'll be very pleased to see these new additions to the word universe. I know that I am. Good or bad, I'm interested to hear what you think of these new additions.

So, I hope that little peek into the future of word, will put any concerns that you have, to rest. Blogging here has been a pleasure. 2006 is captured here. I can't wait to see what 2007 brings me. Whatever happens, you'll read about here, I am sure.

Looking Boldly Into The Future,
Mr.B